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Sips for the Minnesota State Fair: 63 specialty drinks announced for 2024

Sips for the Minnesota State Fair: 63 specialty drinks announced for 2024

When the Minnesota State Fair kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 22, you’ll have plenty of options to sip with your Pronto Pup. Here’s all the newly-announced drinks coming to the 2024 Minnesota State Fair and where you can find them.
by Matt Mikus

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Rochester legislator wakes up to racist graffiti at her house

Rochester legislator wakes up to racist graffiti at her house

Minnesota Rep. Kim Hicks, DFL-Rochester, woke up to Nazi symbols and racial slurs spray-painted on her home Saturday morning. Hicks is white and her husband is Black. They live with six of their children.
by Cari Spencer

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New North Shore preserve protects rare wetlands and geology

New North Shore preserve protects rare wetlands and geology

The 25-acre Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific and Natural Area along the North Shore of Lake Superior protects a rare coastal wetland and a unique kind of volcanic rock.
by Dan Kraker

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Walz cancels New Hampshire campaign trip

Walz cancels New Hampshire campaign trip

Earlier this week, staffers said Gov. Tim Walz would travel to New Hampshire to organize kickoffs and smaller-scale rallies for Vice President Kamala Harris.
by MPR News Staff

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Sanders urges DFLers to support Omar in upcoming primary

Sanders urges DFLers to support Omar in upcoming primary

Sen. Bernie Sanders told DFL enthusiasts that Rep. Omar “is not only somebody who has and will take on enormously powerful special interests, but she is one of the toughest people that I know.”
by Clay Masters

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Minneapolis worker-owned bike shop to close after 22 years

Minneapolis worker-owned bike shop to close after 22 years

A pillar of Minneapolis’s cycling community is shutting down after 22 years in business. The Hub Bike Co-op announced Friday that it’s closing both of its locations, on Minnehaha Avenue and in Dinkytown, on Sept. 30.
by Matt Sepic

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Minnesota sees increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, experts say they’re not surprised

Minnesota sees increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, experts say they’re not surprised

Minnesota Department of Health experts still don’t have enough data to find a clear pattern or trend for the virus. Senior epidemiologist Keeley Morris said Minnesota does tend to experience a “summer increase” and that it appeared that the number of cases happened earlier this season. 
by Hannah Yang

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